Ill Communication is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys. It was released on May 31, 1994 by Grand Royal Records. Co-produced by Beastie Boys and Mario C., the album is among the band's most varied releases, drawing from hip hop, punk rock, jazz and funk. Ill Communication features musical contributions from Money Mark, Eric Bobo and Amery "AWOL" Smith and vocal contributions from Q-Tip and Biz Markie. The Beastie Boys were influenced by Miles Davis' jazz rock albums Ag...

Been playing with a playlist (which seems appropriately playful), tagged 'Oldies' for now, it ranged from early stuff into the Eighties. Put "Great Gig in the Sky" by Brit Floyd because Ola's voice hits that spot for me. The rest of it, basically should be dancin' music, I guess.

Meant to be an audio list, I just like messin' around on YT.

PS: These videos are completely free of "fat old men in flannel playing guitars".

Well here's a really sad thing. I just followed a friend's link to a band called Tears of Eternity, who released their debut album last year. It's beautiful, a perfect combination of everything I love in modern music:

So I went to read up on the band and it turns out that the singer, Aleah Stanbridge, died of cancer last April, age 39. The album was released posthumously.

Front 242 were one of the most layered industrial bands out there. I was also fond of Front Line Assembly, Tack-Head and of course, Revolting Cocks. I interviewed Sascha from KMFDM a couple times and he was kind enough to have me down to a dig. Pretty funny guy, but I've always thought his work (including his solo stuff) really makes the most of minimalism because he focuses on groove and drive.

It's Favourite Album Friday #4! Today I shall mostly be listening to Scandinavian Nights (aka Live in Stockholm 1970), a double album that started as a bootleg and eventually got an official release. Others will tell you there are better shows from 1970, but this is the one I'll always reach for.

The long improvisations on Wring That Neck (32 minutes) and Mandrake Root (29 minutes) are why these recordings are prized, of course. But as I know none of you will even attempt to listen to a song that long, here's one of the shorter ones: